The question on religion in the Australian Census contains an element which is problematical in obtaining accurate figures. The problem is that it asks “What is the person’s religion?” This is a leading question and can elicit a religion of baptism when the person may...

February 2018 In line with the recommendations of groups such as the Queensland Branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMAQ), Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), the Queensland Nurses Union, the Health...

What is the role of the godless in Australia’s current social and political climate? What level of influence should the the non-religious have in Australia’s version of secularism? The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) is calling for a national discussion on these...

Religious Freedom Review, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Parliament House, Canberra. Submission: Copies to all members of the Review Panel and PMC Secretariat: To whom it may concern, The Australian Law Reform Commission interim report 127 has previously...

The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) supports the two Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bills before state Parliaments in NSW and Victoria. This is an important demonstration of evidence-based medical opinion and indisputable patient need triumphing over...

The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) is excited to announce that evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and Ben Goldacre, best-selling author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, will speak at the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, Reason to Hope. “We are delighted...

The godless in Australia say enough is enough. After today’s release of Census data showing that non-believers make up 30.1% of the population – easily overtaking the previously-highest response “Catholic” for the first time in Census history – the Atheist Foundation...

The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) is excited to announced that Tracey Spicer – journalist and author of The Good Girl Stripped Bare – and prominent feminist writer Clementine Ford will speak at the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, Reason to Hope. "We are...

The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) is disappointed to advise that Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of Heretic and Infidel, has withdrawn from the 2018 Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne. However, MCs for the event - the largest gathering of its kind in the southern...

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The Atheist Foundation of Australia recognises the scientific method as the only rational means toward understanding reality. To question and critically examine all ideas, testing them in the light of experiment, leads to the discovery of facts.

As there seems to be no scientific evidence for supernatural phenomena, atheists reject belief in ‘God’, gods, and other supernatural beings. The universe, the world in which we live, and the evolution of life seem to be entirely natural occurrences.

No personality or mind can exist without the process of living matter to sustain it. We have only one life – here and now. All that remains after a person dies is the memory of their life and deeds in the minds of those who remain.

Atheists reject superstition and prejudice along with the irrational fears they cause. We recognise the complexity and interdependence of life on this planet. As rational and ethical beings we accept the challenge of making a creative and responsible contribution to life.

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Our Aims

To encourage and to provide a means of expression for informed free-thought on philosophical and social issues.

To safeguard the rights of all non-religious people.

To serve as a focal point for the community of non-religious people.

To offer verifiable information in place of superstition and to promote logic and reason.

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Didn't a lot of the symbolism come from Egyptian Sun worship? Or is that just one of those urban myths?

Absolutely. My own studies of Babylon was that women ruled! It was only when men worked out that it was their sperm that made women pregnant that men took hold of the reigns. I think we are heading to women ruling again though bc just too many men like a woman telling them what to do, how to do it and having all their fancies tickled...

All gods are myths. All creation stories are myths.

We all know Atheists know more about religion than the religious, we don't need to flex on them.

More plagiarism than a uni final assignment worth 50% of the grade!

Most people know the truth exists, but most people of the Abrahamic-based belief-mythologies suspend that as it is contrary to their beliefs.

Basically they're sent by the same God

Even the entire Jesus thing was a story stolen from previous beliefs

Different versions of the same untruth.

l don't think there is many claims that don't come from other myths.

What? they? read? befor? Jesus book released

"Judaim" in the 6th C BCE, and earlier, still had echoes of polytheism didn't it?

"Why do you think you should get public holidays if you don't believe in the reason behind them?" ??

I was asked if I don't believe in God then what do you believe in? I said science and obviously, the person began criticising science as usual.

“If their is no faith then what keeps a person from doing bad things? If you don’t believe in god and heaven and hell then what’s to stop you doing whatever you want and hurting other people?”
Was really scary to me that the only thing seemingly standing between this man and a violent life was his fear of god

I am a teacher and one of my yr6 students asked me how I knew how to behave properly if I didn't have the bible to tell me!! ??

I was asked how am I coping with the fact that there is a Hell that I'm going to?
My response... "Because Hell is something you have to be scared into in order to believe it. I was never brought to believe Hell is real, like God was treated like a social standard growing up in urban Melbourne in the 90's."

Well Karen, I'll very happily not take advantage of any religious holidays if all of the churches return the millions of dollars they save in government taxes and concessions.

From my Thai in-laws... ‘so your not Buddhist and your not Christian... like you have NO religion? How does that even work? They really could not get their heads around it

What do you think happen when we die?
Nothing, all good

Why are you so angry at god? Did you have a difficult life growing up? ??????

"How do you know right from wrong"?

I don’t take public holidays. I work. But I have to pay staff Public Holiday rates.

"What went wrong?" Answer: I read the bible.

What evidence of any of the available deities would change my mind?

"How was the world created then? There's no way this could just happen by itself!"

I am so grateful christ rose on the monday not the tuesday would have ruined the long weekend thankyou lord.lol..

If you do t believe in an afterlife then what is stopping you from committing mortal sins?
Um, not being a shitty person?

Well I was at work. How does "can you take my pee sample" count?

What do you think happens when you die? Is the one I mostly get

I get "Do you fear dying?"
Answer - I fear dying because I don't know how it's going to be. I hope it's not slow and painful. Do I fear death as in the state of being dead? No. Just the same as I didn't fear the year 1932, 1839 or 1068 noting that I also was not alive for those years either.

Do you feel like your kids are missing out without being brought up Catholic? This is freaking hilarious ?? All those hours spent kneeling, standing, sitting in church listening to some dude drone on, religious education colouring in and listening to nuns spout nonsense... do I feel my atheist kids are missing out? Umm no not so much ??

Bugger. I missed it.

"But what's the point of living then?" or "Don't you think it's pointless/sad if it all ends when you die?"
So, are you telling me you believe in God only because it would be "sad" if he didn't exist??? ie. only because you want to believe? Pretty sure I hit the nail on the head right there for a lot of believers...

#Vaccines have prevented and nearly eliminated several deadly diseases, yet they face #denailism from the public. A potential driver of this is how some people process event frequencies such as rare adverse reactions to vaccines. #CognitiveDifferences